Having a vote on issues that actually affect your experience at Baruch

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There are a bunch of important committees on which graduate students from all three schools at Baruch can serve as representatives. Are you ready to get more involved? Some of these committees meet once every week, others once every month, and some only once or twice a semester.

Check out the descriptions below and see what appeals to you!

All responses should be sent to Emily Rotella, the Graduate Student Assembly board member for Academic Affairs, at emily.rotella@baruchmail.cuny.edu.

BARUCH COLLEGE FACULTY SENATE

The Baruch College Faculty Senate represents the General Faculty in areas of faculty responsibility, interest and concern. Its purposes are to:

Formulate and recommend policies to the Administration and other bodies of the College with regard to relevant aspects of college-wide planning and operation.

Review and comment on policies contemplated or initiated by the Administration and other bodies of the College.

Provide a channel of communication among the faculty, student organizations and the administrative officers of the College.

Functions as the overall representative body of the Baruch College Community. It advises and consults with the President on all matters of college-wide impact. It is also responsible for selecting a College Ombudsman. Several important faculty and staff sit on the Committee.

Meeting dates and times TBD

GRADUATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC STANDING

Committee is charged with resolving all questions arising out of the application of the rules prescribed by the School of Business faculty regarding grades, scholastic standing, transfer credit, credit loads, and program requirements, to the cases of individual graduate students, and to make exceptions to said rules in appropriate cases. This committee is also charged with the study of proposals for changes in the prescribed rules and making recommendations with respect thereto to the School of Business faculty.

Meeting dates and times TBD

ASSURANCE OF LEARNING COMMITTEE

The committee works on developing learning goals and objectives, measuring them, and then discussing recommendations for changing the curriculum. The grad student representative is there to speak on behalf of the graduate student body on these matters.

Meeting dates and times TBD

COLLEGE PERSONNEL AND BUDGET COMMITTEE

Involves the appointment, reappointment and the granting of tenure to members of the Faculty. The student rep to the P&B has both voice and vote at the meeting. In a tight vote, the student can, and has been the determining vote on whether a faculty member is promoted or tenured. Failure to achieve tenure results in dismissal from the institution. This is as serious as it gets and is the most influential and powerful student vote on campus because it involves faculty hiring and firing.

**Student representative already assigned

COLLEGE ACADEMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE

Takes appeals from faculty who have had a negative vote by the College Personnel and Budget Committee.

Meeting dates and times TBD

SCHOOL ACADEMIC REVIEW COMMITTEE

Takes appeals from faculty who have had a negative vote by their department Personnel and Budget Committees.

Meeting dates and times TBD

ZICKLIN GRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

One of the most important and influential committees in the Zicklin School, this committee deals with all things about the Zicklin curricula, including all MBA and MS programs. This committee also discusses a range of student affairs topics. The student representative has one vote on this committee.